Improvement in tool tor sharpening- the calks op horse-shoes



,taten Maggy@ ORREN BUTLER, STEPHEN P. DUNHAM, AND GEORGE WANN, OF MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA.

Lette/rs Patent No. 85,997 dated Janna/ry 19, 1869.

IMPRovEMENT 1N Toor. Fon 'SHAEPENING TEE cALKs or HORSE-sacas.

The Schedule referred4 tointhese Letters Patent and making part oi the same.

Wwe- To all whom it may concern Be it know-n that we, ORREN E. BUTLER, STEPHEN P. DUNHAM, and GEORGE K. WANN, of Marshall-- town, in the county of Marshall, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and improved 'lool for Sharpening Horse-Shoes; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and'exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to ina-ke and I,use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which the studs ab ofthe head O and the cutter D, respect-4V ively, which latter parts operate within the cheeks B, as shown. i

The head@ forms part of the handle E, the said head having a curved face, c c, which conforms somewhat to the proximate face d fbi' the cutter, which proximate face is curved also.

gis a cutting-nib, forming part of the cutter D, and its edge is arranged to press the call; between it and the plate h, which latter part rests on the edges of the cheeks, and is adjusted to or from thenib by means of an adjusting-screw, j, Working in the part i, uniting the two cheeks.

By separating the handles A and E, the part c of the head G bears upon the point (l oi' the cutter, and heals the nib g away from the plate 7i. l

The tool is then set on the calk, (while the shoe is each other, in which latter operation the part c of head bears against the part f of the cutter, and acts with a compound leverage to press the nib against the call: with great force, thereby cutting oi the dulled point of the saine with a bevelling out, and leaving the calk sharp.

One 0f the cheeks is broken away in the drawing to show the action of the internal parts, and the part Z, uniting the two cheeks.

The end of the screw 7' works loosely in the A,plate j, being held within the saine by a collar or head on the screw fitting within a suitable recess in the said plate.

By moving this plate to or from the nib, the calk can be cut on at the desired distance from the shoe.

The whole ofthe to'ol is made of metal.

Havingthus described our invention,

.W'e claim las new, and. desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the adjustable plate h, screw j, and part fi., operating as described, with the handle A, having cheeks B, the cutter D, and the handle E, having a head, C, all operating substantially as set forth.

ORREN E. BUTLER. STEPHEN P. DUN HAM. GEORGE K. WANN. Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. WEATHERBY, F. BAUM.

on the foot,) and the handles are again brou'ght toward 

